21 Jan 1921
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
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Chelsea actress Peggy Marsh wed John Johnson nephew of the late Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson on January 5. She arrived recently to pursue a share of Henry Field Jr. fortune for her son Tony.
Col E R Abadie testifies to the Walsh committee that a October 1918 voucher of $260000 for personal expenses of an officer of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp was found in the EF C audit. He named Charles M Schwab as the officer and noted $100000 was arbitrarily charged to ship construction.
Tufts questions motive behind escape from jail as Barney is jailed and Men Hurlburt defended remain free. Allen claims motive tied to politics and possible move to impeach Tufts.
On July 9 1919 after an eight week trial 17 men linked to the fish industry were sentenced by Judge Sanderson in the Superior Criminal Court to fines and House of Correction terms. Five men including F Munroe Dyer were fined 1000 and jailed a year while twelve others faced six month terms and 500 fines at Deer Island plus bail totaling 34000 dollars. The court stayed execution pending a full bench ruling. no action had followed in the interim and district attorney Tufts criticized motions by Allen and Hurlburt over related prosecutions.
Lieutenant Stephen A. Farrell testified before a naval board of inquiry in New York about his amnesia regarding the clash with Lieutenant Walter Hinton on their return from the Arctic balloon voyage. He appeared frail and described lingering effects of illness from the expedition.
A seven and a half ton Carrara marble monument to Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony arrived in New York aboard the Dante Alighieri from Genoa. It was crafted by Miss Adelaide Johnson and will be placed in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington.
Mrs Rose Kaufman of Brooklyn fired a shot in Bridge Plaza Court injuring lawyer John Carlin who toppled over a table. Magistrate ONeill ordered arraignment for disorderly conduct and a ten day workhouse sentence. Kaufman appeared as complainant against husband Frank Kaufman who was paroled for six months.
Dublin officials report District Inspector Clarke, a sergeant and four constables killed in an ambush at Glenwood near Six Mile Bridge. A patrol car was burned and all arms taken. Authorities say the ambushers may have suffered casualties.
Andover January 20 Practically all construction in the Shaw sheen Village district where William M Wood president of the American Woolen Company is building his model community halted as over 200 tradesmen including plasterers bricklayers carpenters and painters refused to work after reading notices claiming a ten percent wage cut The stoppage reflects labor tensions in the planned settlement.
Workers from two Boston firms and the American Woolen Company join a strike at a project led by President Wood to build a model community. Most woolen company workers are non union and few report to work as costs rise. wage-cut plans cited after a Master Builders association announcement.
Search of the steamship Mongolia that docked in New York failed to reveal Rembrandt's landscape After the Thunderstorm stolen in Hamburg and shipped to the United States.
Marion Ohio January 20 President elect Harding departs Marion for a Florida vacation before entering the White House. Continued on Page 21 6th Column.
The US Shipping Board tanker Trimountain carrying 65000 barrels of oil grounded in Brayton’s Ferry drawbridge at Fall River causing rail and trolley traffic disruption between Fall River Providence and Taunton. Six tugboats were summoned to free the vessel at high tide tomorrow morning and repairs will be inspected once freed.
Two young women were saved from suffocation as smoke blocked their escape during a general alarm fire at the Franklin building in Washington square Salem. Firemen pulled two men down ladders as flames and smoke threatened nearby stores and tenements. Damage was slight despite the heavy smoke and brisk blaze.
Peggy Marsh in a West Side sanitarium room today refuted reports that the Field family of Chicago had made any settlement with her or her four year old son Henry Field III who was playing with a rag doll at her bedside while she recovers from an appendicitis operation.
Miss Marsh becomes wife of Alpert L Johnson nephew of the late Tom Johnson four times mayor of Cleveland. They wed on January 5 at Greenwich Connecticut by a justice of the peace. They are stopping with her aunt Mrs Chrystie at the Cheat Northern Hotel.
Dudley street officers investigate the death of 12 year old William Melver of Howard avenue Roxbury. He died after 9 pm alleging injuries from a truck on Blue Hill avenue yesterday afternoon. The truck owned by Eldridge Baker Company and operated by Lafayette Robie was traveling toward the city.
Wives of ambassadors ministers and other diplomatic corps members joined Mrs Wilson for a White House luncheon today with seating for 40. It marked the most elaborate social function there since President Wilson fell ill about a year and a half ago.
The bulletin notes that r.M. p ov rises .40 and will set at 4:45 and 5:31 a.m. It also instructs to light all vehicles tonight at 5:45.
Today marks events from history and a note of contemporary items. The list includes Louis XVI beheading in 1793 and a 1910 metal trades strike in Washington State shipyards, along with birth of Confederate general Nena Jackson and a 1919 siege context.
Weather outlook for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Friday then unsettled Saturday with moderate temperatures and fresh westerly winds. Northern New England expected partly cloudy Friday warmer in Maine, Saturday unsettled and colder overall. Southern New England to be fair Friday with Saturday cloudy and unsettled and moderate temperatures.
The editor forecasts a warmer day following an old farmers prediction. Expect milder temperatures today with the risk of a slight increase in heat as indicated by local weather lore.
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